I’m pretty new to selfhosting and homelabs, and I would appreciate a simple-worded explanation here. Details are always welcome!

So, I have a home network with a dynamic external IP address. I already have my Synology NAS exposed to the Internet with DDNS - this was done using the interface, so didn’t require much technical knowledge.

Now, I would like to add another server (currently testing with Raspberry Pi) in the same LAN that would also be externally reachable, either through a subdomain (preferable), or through specific ports. How do I go about it?

P.S. Apparently, what I’ve tried on the router does work, it’s just that my NAS was sitting in the DMZ. Now it works!

  • AlleroOPEnglish
    21·
    6 hours ago

    Yes, I know where this feature is in the settings, but it’s got its own issues and I also turn the NAS off for the night, so it’s not an option for me.

    • Joelk111@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      Why do you turn off the NAS at night? Reminds me of my grandparents turning off the wifi at night.

      • AlleroOPEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Drives are somewhat noisy (even though I took fairly quiet ones) and I appreciate total silence at night. Unfortunately, I don’t have many places to put it outside my single room, so there’s that.

        I’d love to move to SSDs for storage at some point (I know it’s controversial, but they would fit my use case better), but for now it’s too expensive for me.

        • Joelk111@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Ahh, that’s valid. I’ve been wanting to build a (relatively) small 16TB SSD NAS for video editing, after which I could dump footage to my main NAS. SSD NAS systems can definitely make sense depending on your use case. Hell, you can even game off of them if you’ve got 10gig networking.

          • AlleroOPEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            I’d love to eventually have a 10gbps LAN, yep :)

            I’d also love to explore the technology going into cloud gaming, so not only would I launch games using files laying on the server, but could actually play them everywhere from my energy efficient potato laptop :D

            But that’s long ahead and more of an “if it even works properly”

      • AlleroOPEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        In what way? It is a physical server located in my bedroom, sharing resources online.

        • SufferingSteve@feddit.nuEnglish
          3·
          1 hour ago

          Dude above you over is under the perception that it requires 100% uptime or other users to to be classified, which is wrong. You are definitely self hosting, albeit only for yourself I assume. Which is fine

          • AlleroOPEnglish
            1·
            30 minutes ago

            Yep, sharing stuff for others requires more expertise, as I’ll get responsible for other people’s experience. If I screw something up now, only I will be affected.

            • SufferingSteve@feddit.nuEnglish
              1·
              27 minutes ago

              And you are self-sufficient, or whatever the word is. But that’s the key thing for me, not having to rely on others for my services :)